Show M STANDARDIZATION T OF r FIRE FIGHTING As a requisite of mass tire fire fighting fight fight- ing In the event ot of a large conflagration con con- conflagration the insurance Ins depart me t of t. t tha chamber of commerce of the United states directs attention attention atten- atten tion a- a Y just Issued on of at fIre hose coupling coup coup- ling study of of fires in large titles s. s the bUlletin points out reveals that 1 per cent of the number causes GO 60 per cent oJ of the tho loss Although the tho UnIted tates Johns has sustained few tew mammoth c con the dangel dan dan- gel or p partial destruction tion by Y fire faces many American communities Urban Urban communities seldom have havea a tire fire dc department nt of sufficient strength to cope with a large conflagration conflagration con con- ration flag but modern motorized equipment has broUght within their reach help from other communities Only too often the tho bulletin continues con con- fine Spirit of cooperation tion has been nullified to a large extent because the outside apparatus apparatus ap- ap has been unable to connect Its tire fire hose couplings with the hy hydrants of the cities they come to 2 save avo Intro great Boston fire of 1872 the Baltimore fire of J 1004 l JO-l and the tho Augusta fire of 1916 outside ap ap- aratus was was- for the tho most part of no real S service bec use the hoso couplin couplings s could not be connected with the hYdrants ith the advent of motorized equipment the same samel possibility l might arIse In any com threat threatened ned by a large fire |